In May 2023, the Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC) revealed that individuals within the social and business networks of Mona Faiz Montrage, also known as Hajia4Reall, are now under scrutiny as persons of interest.
This development came following Hajia4Reall’s extradition to the United States, where she faces charges of fraud and romance scams.
Read the full details of the story below published in May 2023:
The Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC) has disclosed that individuals within the social and business networks of Mona Faiz Montrage, widely known as Hajia4Reall, are now under scrutiny as persons of interest.
This revelation comes in the wake of the socialite facing charges of fraud in a $2 million romance scam case in the United States, following her extradition from the United Kingdom.
During an interview on Morning Starr on Starr FM, Shaun Henry Osei, the Deputy Manager at the FIC, shared that the agency is collaborating with INTERPOL and the FBI to conduct thorough investigations into all individuals associated with Hajia4Reall.
“Obviously she’s not going to be working alone, she’s going to be working in a network. The evidence that you have access to will actually lead you to be able to find out who her greater network is and obviously if you find her greater network, by instincts you will want to look at those people because then they become persons of interest.
The FIC is also asking the public to report suspicious wealth activities to the relevant authorities because such undertakings are often linked to terrorist activities.
“You can report to the FIC for starters. We receive reports from accountable institutions, from individuals so you can make a report and send it via mail and you can even bring it personally. Some of these young guys we see, I know most have been attributed to fraud but some are into very legitimate business. They are into forex trade and other business… Forex trade, I’m not certain what the law says on it, but what I can say is that when it comes to crypto and other things I think as a country we don’t yet have a definitive position on that per what the Bank of Ghana is saying and usually when there’s space like that people are likely to explore.”